The flower of Parnassia glauca
The genus Parnassia is sometimes thought to be a member of the saxifrage family due to Cronquist’s scheme for classifying flowering plants. However, molecular evidence indicates that Parnassia is not a saxifrage, but rather a member of the bittersweet family, the Celastraceae. The Celastraceae are actually in a separate order (a classification grouping that can contain many families) from the saxifrages–the Celastrales instead of the Saxifragales–suggesting a rather distant relationship between grasses-of-Parnassus and saxifrages.
Fen grass-of-Parnassus, shown today, has a distribution within the northeastern states of the USA and eastern provinces of Canada.
I Have always become memorized with the beauty of a simple flower
I received the following comment from Pauline:
The Grass of Parnassus is a favorite! I’ve seen it in Wisconsin and once wrote a poem about it:
Grassy starlet, / directionals etching ivory paths / to your inner blossom;
Enigma of innocence, / inveterate naked lady / stretching sunward from green wraps / shrugged discreetly below.
sir
i saw your nice photograph.
i would like know the adress of world expert of parnassia.
because i have one new species of parnassia. i am from nepal.
could please help me giving the adres of that person.
Hello mani raj,
I don’t know of a world expert, but Dr. J.F. Veldkamp at the National Herbarium of the Netherlands recently published an article about some new Parnassia from northern Sumatra, which suggests he might have a background in the Parnassia of southeast Asia.
I really would like to know the meaning of this flower? I really like it and its the perfect flower for a tattoo=)